EMTALA Enforcement Actions

From the Office of the Inspector General:

Below are links to summaries of selected EMTALA settlements between HHS-OIG and hospitals. In each EMTALA CMP case resolved through a settlement agreement, the settling party does not admit to liability.

• UF Health Shands Hospital Agreed to Pay $119,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination and Stabilizing Treatment

• UNC Health Chatham Hospital Agreed to Pay $49,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide Appropriate Medical Screening Examination

• Hill Hospital of Sumter County Agreed to Pay $20,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination, Stabilizing Treatment and Transfer

• Starr Regional Medical Center Agreed to Pay $100,000 f or Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Perform an Adequate Medical Screening Examination and Stabilizing Treatment

• TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital Agreed to Pay $90,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Treat a Patient with an Emergency Medical Condition

• Jackson Health System Agreed to Pay $233,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide Appropriate Medical Screening Examinations and Stabilizing Treatment

• Holy Cross Hospital Agreed to Pay $85,000 for Allegedly Violating Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination

Additional Enforcement Actions